Unseeded Amit Singh and Neha Wad of Mumbai Suburban in the junior girls' singles and Amodi Borkar in sub-junior girls' and Amita Dahinje of Pune in the midget girls' singles section shared the limelight recording impressive wins respectively.

Singh downed unseeded Nikhil Lokhande of Pune 15-10, 8-15, 15-6 and made the second round of the junior boys' singles. Neha beat Shivani Mayekar of Greater Mumbai 11-7, 1-11, 11-6 in a long drawn tussle. Borkar rallied to pip Vishkha Nimbalkar of Pune 10-13, 11-9, 11-2. In the midget girls', Amita Dahinje of Pune beat Pune's Sanmya Padhya of Mumbai Suburban 11-8, 8-11, 11-3 in under 25 minutes.

Jason in final

BANGALORE: Jason Xavier of Life Insurance Corporation and Guruprasad of Bank Sports Board stormed into the finals with contrasting victories in the VIII All-IndiaInter-institutional badminton championships.

In the women's section, the finals will be an all LIC affair with Divya Ramesh and Leena Pedankar winning their semi-final encounters.